Tag Archives: 2016 reviews
Review: The Infiltrator (2016)
Posted by Victor Moreno
Director Tom Furman brings to the screen the true story of Robert Mazur (Bryan Cranston), a deep cover agent who infiltrates the Medellín drug cartel in the 1980’s and finds corruption in one of the biggest banks in the world
Review: Ghostbusters (2016)
Posted by Victor Moreno
Director Paul Feig (Bridesmaids, Spy, Freaks and Geeks) takes the helm of this reboot of the beloved 1980’s Sony comedy franchise. Despite some pre-release controversy, this new version of Ghostbusters scares up some really great laughs and delivers a great
Review: Swiss Army Man (2016)
Posted by Victor Moreno
Directors Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert make their feature film debut with Swiss Army Man, a melancholic yet life affirming dramatic surrealistic fantasy comedy film in the vein of Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind and Being John Malkovich. It
Review: The Purge: Election Year (2016)
Posted by Kirby Nelson
The Purge: Election Year (2016) Within three years (one shy of a full, traditional US presidential term), “The Purge” franchise has finally found it’s voice and vote with “Election Year.” It’s the finale of a series that started as a
Review: The Legend of Tarzan (2016)
Posted by Victor Moreno
Alexander Skarsgard, Margot Robbie, Samuel L. Jackson and Christoph Waltz headline this reimagining of the classic Edgar Rice Burroughs pulp hero helmed by Harry Potter director David Yates. Find out if this film is worth your time or more in
Review: The Neon Demon (2016)
Posted by Victor Moreno
Beauty is dangerous, or so Nicholas Winding Refn would have us believe in the Drive director’s first horror film starring Maleficent’s Elle Fanning, Keanu Reeves, and Jena Malone.
Review: The Shallows (2016)
Posted by Kirby Nelson
In the aftermath of “Jaws” which not only created the summer blockbuster but launched a cottage industry of enough “homages” to populate the entire island of Amity, the beach got pretty packed with the likes of “Orca,” “Great White,” and
Review: The Resurrection of Jake “the Snake” Roberts (2016)
Posted by Victor Moreno
A 1980’s WWF wrestling hero struggles to overcome the demons that derailed his life and career and make a comeback as a human being with the help of a former protege turned yoga guru. We look at this new documentary
Review: Harvest Lake (2016)
Posted by Victor Moreno
Invasion of the Body Snatchers meets Girls Gone Wild by way of the Old Ones in this micro budget feature from director/writer Scott Schirmer. Find out what we think of Harvest Lake.
Review: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2: Out of the Shadows (2016)
Posted by Victor Moreno
Cowabunga! Our favorite lean green fighting machine returns to the big screen in a much improved sequel to 2014’s reboot, but is it a case of nostalgia overload?
Review: The Conjuring 2 (2016)
Posted by Kirby Nelson
The Conjuring 2 Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VFsmuRPClr4 Director: James Wan Since the release of “The Conjuring” just three short years ago, this sleeper hit has become a booming franchise with a spin off, a sequel and with more than a half billion dollars
Review: My Boyfriend’s Back (1993) Blu Ray Release by Mill Creek (2016)
Posted by Adam Rutkowski
I did watch this “maybe” for the “first time” late last year 2015? I think it popped up on one of my paid streaming services and thought I’d give it a chance. The movie was originally released back in 1993
Review: X-Men Apocalypse (2016)
Posted by Victor Moreno
Bryan Singer returns for his 4th outing directing on Fox’s X-Men cinematic saga. Does it stack up with X2: X-Men United or with X-Men 3: The Last Stand?
Review: The Nice Guys (2016)
Posted by Victor Moreno
Shane Black returns to grace us with another big screen adventure involving film noir reinvention, mismatched partners and the Christmas season. Read our review and find out if The Nice Guys is worth your time
Review: The Lobster (2016)
Posted by Ann Rutkowski
Colin Farrell (In Bruges, Daredevil), Rachel Weisz (The Mummy, Sunshine), Léa Seydoux (Grand Budapest Hotel, Spectre), Ben Whishaw (Spectre, Skyfall), and John C. Reilly (Chicago, Wreck-It Ralph) star in this surreal art piece set in a dystopian world that reflects
Review: Keanu (2016)
Posted by Victor Moreno
Keanu moves the comedy team of Key and Peele to the big screen with the most hilarious comedy of the year and the cutest kitten to ever hit the silver screen.
Review: Just Visiting (2001) Blu Ray Release from Mill Creek (2016)
Posted by Adam Rutkowski
There is one unfair reason why I never bothered to watch this movie since it came out, well, two reasons. The first reason is Jean Reno. I absolutely LOVE Jean Reno when he’s in the hands of Luc Besson. His
Review: Green Room (2016)
Posted by Kirby Nelson
Barely a quarter into 2016 and one studio has already cornered the market with the two best films of the year; A24 emerge victorious with a double dose of dramatic terror with the classic New England folk tale, “The Witch”
Review: Perfect (1985) Blu Ray Release from Mill Creek (2016)
Posted by Adam Rutkowski
Oh boy, I certainly do have flashbacks in regard to 1985’s Perfect starring John Travolta and Jamie Lee Curtis. Firstly, John Travolta is playing a character whose name is “Adam”. Secondly, it’s the first movie that Rolling Stone magazine would
Review: Uncaged (2016)
Posted by Kirby Nelson
When it comes to the Universal Monsters, those classic cinema giants, on screen time has been less than equitable. The marquee Monsters – Dracula and the romanticism of vampires, the sorcery and science that made Frankenstein’s Monster, the ancient unstoppable
